Hitler moustache
Tiny upper-lip square
A Hitler moustache is a small, rectangular patch of facial hair centered beneath the nose—the style worn by Adolf Hitler.
Once called a toothbrush moustache and worn innocuously by Charlie Chaplin and others, Hitler's association rendered it unwearable: Nobody can pull off a Hitler moustache anymore.
The style now signals either Nazi sympathies or spectacular social unawareness.
Hitler's totalitarian German state
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
dictatorship · totalitarianism · World War II · Holocaust · propaganda films · swastika · brownshirts · Gestapo
- The Great Dictator1940 satirical film
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- satireMockery exposing vice
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
impersonation · comedy sketch · Mel Brooks · The Producers · lampooning · exaggeration · political cartoon · SNL
Groove above upper lip
- upper lipMouth's northern edge
- trimmedCut to neaten
- groomedMade neat and tidy
- squaredRaised to second power
centered · narrow · clipped · facial hair · distinctive · recognizable · iconic
Cultural or social prohibition
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- controversialCausing public dispute
vilified · disgrace · ostracized · unwelcome · condemned · inappropriate · tasteless · provocative
Third Reich
Hitler's totalitarian German state
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
fascism · dictatorship · totalitarianism · World War II · Holocaust · propaganda films · swastika · brownshirts · Gestapo · goose-step
Charlie Chaplin
- The Great Dictator1940 satirical film
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- satireMockery exposing vice
mockery · impersonation · comedy sketch · Mel Brooks · The Producers · lampooning · exaggeration · political cartoon · SNL · Hogan's Heroes
philtrum
Groove above upper lip
squared · centered · narrow · clipped · facial hair · distinctive · recognizable · iconic
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
controversial · vilified · disgrace · ostracized · unwelcome · condemned · inappropriate · tasteless · provocative · shocking
Hitler moustachehandlebar moustache
Upswept lip hair style
walrus moustache · Fu Manchu · horseshoe moustache · pencil moustache
Hitler, moustache, mustache, moustaches, mustaches, moustachioed, mustachioed